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In an historic conviction, William Lynn (image,
left) has been found guilty in the Roman Catholic Church’s pedophile
priests scandal for his responsibility in covering up child sex abuse
cases. Lynn is the first American Roman Catholic church official to be
charged for the handling of priest child sex abuse cases.

During the trial, secret and intentionally buried internal Catholic
Church documents were read aloud in the Philadelphia courtroom that
revealed memos in which Monsignor Lynn oversaw cases including one of a
priest who joked about how hard it was for him to have sex with three
boys in one week and discussed his rotation system for choosing which
underaged boys would sleep with him.

A local Philadelphia NBC affiliate reported today
that “Monsignor William Lynn was found guilty on one count of
endangering the welfare of a child. He was also found not guilty on the
second count of endangering the welfare of a child and not guilty of one
count of conspiracy.”

Lynn was found not guilty on child endangerment and conspiracy charges.

The gag order was lifted and Lynn’s bail was revoked, according to NBC10′s Deanna Durante. He was taken into custody.

Monsignor William Lynn was the first U.S. church official charged for allegedly helping an archdiocese cover up abuse claims.

Lynn was on leave from the Philadelphia archdiocese, where he served as secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004.

Defense lawyers said Lynn alone tried to document abuse complaints,
get priests into treatment and alert the cardinal to the growing crisis.
Church documents show therapists had called one accused priest a
ticking “time bomb” and “powder keg.”

Lynn testified that the cardinal was the ultimate authority on what happened to the priests.
Prosecutors argued that Lynn could have called police or quit the job if efforts to help victims were being stymied.

They said the evidence showed a pattern at the archdiocese of lying
about why priests were removed, sending them to “company doctors” at
church-run therapy centers and failing to warn new parishes where they
were later transferred.

But the mixed verdict was widely seen as a victory for
the district attorney’s office in Philadelphia, which has been
investigating the archdiocese aggressively since 2002 and for victim
advocates, who have argued for years that senior officials should be
held accountable .
The trial has already sent a sobering message to church officials and
others overseeing children around the country, a message punctuated by
Monsignor Lynn’s conviction on a charge that could bring a prison term
of three-and-a-half to seven years.

“I think that bishops and chancery officials understand that they
will no longer get a pass on these types of crimes,” said Nicholas P.
Cafardi, a professor of law at Duquesne University, a canon lawyer and
frequent church adviser. “Priests who sexually abuse youngsters and
the chancery officials who enabled it by allowing a known sexual abuser
to remain in ministry can expect criminal prosecution.”

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